The Tandana Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Tandana provided funding for several community initiatives in mali: publishing the first storybook ever in the tommoso language, the hyena, the hare, and the baobab and released it in the tommoguin community as well as in the united states; facilitating women's leadership workshops for 100 women; tommo so literacy program for 341 women; student mothers program for 10 young mothers; support for 175 internally displaced children to attend school in bandiagara including supplemental classes to help them catch up; support for teachers at the elementary schools in andjine, kansongo, and sol-dogon; training for 10 new literacy instructors; food support for 175 internally displaced families in bandiagara so their children can attend school; 7 new women's associations received startup funding to start businesses in market gardening, making seasoning balls, making cotton into cloth, and transforming local products for sale; 25 internally displaced parents started income generating activities in bandiagara with tandana support; construction of a well in bandiagara, that serves many of the internally displaced families who have moved to the town; expansion of 15 ponds to conserve water from the rainy season for use for livestock and market gardening; one-day basic medical clinics in 32 communities; support for the olouguelemo environmental association, which led the following projects: planted 1,630 trees in a reforestation campaign; built 72,122 meters worth of stone contour lines to prevent erosion and retain water in the soil; practiced assisted natural regeneration on 25,890 trees; made 764 improved cookstoves; expanded 15 ponds, which make it possible to garden and to raise livestock; continued to protect 1,222 hectares of forest; held a competition for best assisted natural regeneration in the fields.in ecuador, tandana supported projects that included: construction of stadium-style seating at the soccer field in agualongo; renovation of a bathroom at the school in tangal; painting 3 classrooms at the school in carabuela; painting the 2nd floor of the muenala community center and installation of windows; publishing a new edition of juanita, the colorful butterfly, a tale in kichwa, spanish, and english; supporting a music and art teacher at the elementary school in urkusiki; painting 3 murals at the school in carabuela; painting a mural at the school in quichinche; summer school program for 25 students; planting a vegetable garden and fruit trees at the school in the community of tangal; completion of the potable water system in inguincho; installation of irrigation water pipes and a reservoir to provide water for income generating projects such as growing fruit and farming tilapia in yambiro; the women's association in yambiro participated in basic training in how to run small businesses on an ongoing basis; the school in tangal started an income generating project raising and selling guinea pigs; one-day medical clinics in 5 communities, one-day dental clinic in 1 community; community health and well-being program which led to the following outcomes: 742 patients received support with medical follow-up care; 16 patients received glasses; 11 patients received support with vision follow-up care; 4 patients received hearing AIDS; 4 patients accessed surgeries; 3 months' supply of nutritional supplements were delivered to 3 adults; 2 months' supply of baby formula was delivered to 1 infant; 1 patient received a prosthetic eye.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.6%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.5%; rating input score 99; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings